Panther Park i.ii : so have a good drown as you go down all alone

Something cold flashed over Maegi's face, and then there was no expression at all. Beneath the mask lay wave after wave of hurt, but the girl instead stared at the woman, even after she had turned to walk away. My eyes might be broken, but I won't be the one rotting away from disease, she called out, voice emotionless. Peryite loves me. Anyone who speaks to me like that, Peryite will visit you soon.

She began to hobble away, in a slightly different direction but one that still took her past the stranger. I'll be there when worms crawl out of your mouth, you--you bitch. With that, her composure was utterly spent--she was in bad form, today--and Maegi broke into an awkward lope, slipping through the trees with embarrassed tears hot in her eyes.

She would stop eventually and take some poppies, falling into a deep slumber filled with dreams of her enemies' demises. Ah, sweet bliss.